Whether you take classic butt shots of your friends from the ground, or follow the rock stars on first ascents, there are plenty of resources to get your photos out there into the virtual climbing world. Below is a list of online tools for image sharing that range from basic and free to professional and pricey. FREE TOOLS Blogs A good way to keep your fans and family updated on your whereabouts, these sites are a great place to display photos. They are also an excellent accompaniment to a...

AAC members Kate Rutherford amp Madaleine Sorkin hang on Zion's Moonlight Buttress during the first ascent by a female team. Phoios bi 'left c roM Mlkev S haefcr Krcvs In 2003, Climbing with support from The North Face and Petzl, launched the Anchor Replacement Initiative ARI to address the nationwide problem of worn-out and inappropriate fixed hardware at heavily used crags. Using its leadership position within the community and industry, Climbing has stepped up and developed a unique program...

These two photos are of Ryan Nelson working the first free ascent of the Hallucinogen Wall, a VI 5.11 A5 put up in 1980 that went all-free at 5.13 plus some dry-tooling. Working the upper sections headpoint-style in 2004, Jared Ogden and Nelson freed multiple pitches of 5.13 face climbing, with massive runouts above aid mank, often on dubious thin edges. On the 13 th pitch, a 50-foot bolt ladder, they were getting totally shut down. Over the winter, however, the Durango pair had climbed some...

Ten things you didn't know about you guessed it climbing photography Say no to posing, sharing via the web, and how to take the killer butt shot Adventure photography, beautiful Bishop, and Fryberger's CORE Rumney rehabilitator Tim Kemple, Sr. Senior Contributing Photographer Andrew Burr on life, climbing, and doing right by the little lady THIS PAGE Bryan Bird and Brody Greer somewhere in the Mojave PHOTO Eric Draper

Tales from Colorado's uniquely scary big walls Runout seams, loose blocks, poison ivy, forced bivys - the author will do whatever it takes to get out of Colorado's Black Canyon of the Gunnison. By Topher Donahue It's what moves us. By Keith Ladzinski A swath of rock, a streak of color, a flash of power. By Andrew Burr THIS PAGE Jeremy Grey reflects on climbing at Siurana, Spain. PHOTO Andrew Burr COVER Keith Ladzinski For the last four months, I've been living almost half-time in southwest Utah...

RISE UP TAKE IT ON MAKE IT YOURS WWW.NATIVEYEWEAR.COM Coming June 1st Preorder on AsanaCiimbing.com Guest Editor Keith Ladzinski can trace his success to skateboarding and a groundfall, while for Senior Contributing Editor John Connor, it all really started on Mt Alarm. Ten years ago, Guest Editor Keith Ladzinski worked as a programmer for Hewlett Packard, spending his free time shooting landscapes for gallery prints and tourism agencies, and action imagery for skateboarding mags. He was a...

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Climbing and photography go together like coffee and cream. Whether it's of the highest Himalayan peaks or the lowest Hueco lowballs, we love the imagery that transports us back to the scene of the climb. It's a discipline steeped in history, too, peopled by pilots and inventors and former custom auto-shop owners with more than a few FAs to their names. IAIpenglow from German Alpengl hen is usually misunderstood. Although we often use the term to describe rosy sunrise or sunset light on alpine...

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THE BEST THING ABOUT DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY today is how easy it is for anyone to take good photographs. Another great aspect is the virtually limitless number of images you can take. The downside to this digital revolution is that most photographs rarely make it out of the memory card. After all, what good is a picture if you can't

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